Evans said he'd been friendly with West, who "was like a father to me", and that he would never have hurt him. "Evans was a vulnerable individual," he says. As a stand-up comedian, Karl Minns won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 2001 and played the Montreal and Melbourne Comedy Festivals before returning to Edinburgh in 2002 in Comedy Clone with Nina Conti and Patrick Monaghan. During questioning, Evans spontaneously mentioned that he knew nothing about a knife and did not have one; until this point, the police had not revealed that West had been stabbed. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Judgment was given the following day dismissing the appeal. John Cooper also points out that in the last years of the death penalty, "it was in essence a postcode lottery - depending on which prison you were in, as to whether you survived". It tallied with the crime scene. Evans had then let Allen in, hoping that West would not notice, but West had come downstairs and so Allen had fought him. Read about our approach to external linking. "Please may God guide you to make a mercyful judgement. Later, he revised his statement to say that Evans had also beaten West. [11] After a normal working day, West had returned to his home just before 6.00pm on Monday 6 April 1964. He was fined £5 with four days' detention in default; he chose to serve the four days. However, the judge had flagged this up to the jury at the trial, warning them that she was not an impartial witness - so the appeal was dismissed. Reviews and scores for Movies involving Owen Patchen Evans. He'd changed it in a third attempt to join the Army, having been kicked out twice under his original name. Just after midnight, police interviewed Allen's wife, Mary. However, both agreed they'd been ready to rob West. After considering the case for three hours[29] the jury found both men equally guilty, and both were sentenced to "suffer death in the manner authorised by law". The evidence against Allen was much stronger - he admitted beating West and his clothes had been soaked in blood. Mary Allen died in 1980 aged 37. Searching upstairs, police found a lightweight raincoat folded on a chair in West's bedroom. As an actor, he has appeared in innumerable plays and theatre productions. Owen Rhys Evans (born 28 November 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic as a goalkeeper. He said he knew the police had found his coat, with the medallion and keys in the pocket. Mary Allen then revised her evidence, telling police Evans had stopped the car on the drive back to Preston and she'd seen him throw something away. Jul 14, 2017 - Explore Melinda Morales's board "Luke Evans "Owen Shaw"", followed by 160 people on Pinterest. For more information about how we hold your personal data, please see our privacy policy. The Stage described it as an "intricately-plotted love hexagon...superb and understated". The two men appeared in the magistrates' court a few hours later, on Thursday 9 April. Initially, he claimed ignorance of the murder. says the actor. "Peter did the thumping," he said. He was also nominated for the Press Gazette Media Awards Regional Columnist of the year in the same year. “I had no idea this was in the works!” the popular Australian performer tells RadioTimes.com, speaking exclusively about the surprise Home and Away twist that sees him return to the cast on Friday 18th September, two months after Evan was killed off. “It’s a lovely storyline and very heartfelt, so we’re hoping they go with it. Evans's mother, Hannah Walby, wrote to him in clumsy round handwriting on blue notepaper: "Please don't give up hope yet." [9], On 11 November 1961 Allen married Mary, a cinema usherette; the couple had a Catholic wedding, and moved to Manchester. He said that Evans had given him an iron bar which he used to hit West. In their native Norfolk, they are best known for their yearly sketch show, Normal for Norfolk, which over the last ten years has grown from a pub show to break box office records at the Norwich Playhouse, playing to over 4500 people over Christmas 2005. The news that there would be no reprieve reached Evans's family. Instead his barrister, Guthrie Jones QC, sought to challenge Mary Allen's evidence, on the basis that she was Allen's wife. She reported that she had asked the two men what had happened in the house, and that Evans had said both had attacked West. Owen Patchen Evans is an actor, known for The Final Season (2007). She said Evans had never been in serious trouble before he met "this Preston couple". He looked out, but it was going too fast for him to make out the number plate or any other details.